SUMMARY

• Respected IT Leader wif strong business acumen implementing information technology solutions and providing leadership.
• me have implemented cloud data protection infrastructure in AWS using S3/S3 - IA/Glacier using RDS, and EC2 instances.
• Led team of engineers to successfully upgrade Hitachi G1000 storage and Commvault infrastructures.
• Over 15 years’ experience organizing and directing work efforts of cross-functional teams, customers and vendors to produce quality results.
• Looking for a position where me can halp a company implement next phase initiatives wif cutting edge technology.
• Security expertise wif various frameworks for teh past 10 years.
• For example, me implemented Beyondtrust to provide developers and external consultants a secure method of login to corporate systems and perform their roles and responsibilities.
• Experience wif Microsoft Project, ITIL, SDLC,KPIs, Scrum sprints, Visio, IAM using Exchange, Active Directory, OKTA, AWS, security autantication and resource access.
• Have subject matter expertise wif secure protocols, certificates, firewalls such as, Cisco ASAs, Palo Alto and Checkpoint.
• Experience wif IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) both increase teh security level of networks, monitoring traffic and inspecting and scanning packets for suspicious data.
• Detection in both systems is mainly based on signatures already detected and recognized.
• Also, experience wif physical security for datacenters and other physical aspects using latest and greatest security tools, such as face recognition and retina scanners.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project Management
• IT Project Lifecycle
• Value-Added Leadership
• Custom Software Development
• Requirements Analysis
• Cross-Functional Supervision
• Datacenter Relocation/Migrations
• ROI Analysis
• Team Building & Mentoring
• Systems Engineering
• Costing & Budgeting
• Client Relations & Presentations
• System Migrations/Integrations
• Project Scheduling
• Business & IT Planning
• Enterprise wide Implementations
• Testing/QA/Rollout/Support
• Vendor Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Mange Office 365 migration to teh cloud working wif local and outside vendors.
• Team member designing Azure Cloud solutions to migrate to Office 365, including Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016.
• Coordinate AD Connect installs and configuration for hybrid migration
• Provide SME expertise to Nutanix storage solution for both production and DR (Disaster Recovery) solutions.
• Provide consulting SME on various other platforms such as Active Directory, Security using Proofpoint and other tools being used by NJDHS.

Confidential, NJ

IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Team member designing AWS architecture solutions to host various applications workloads using S3/RDS/EBS/S3-IA/route53/Cloudfront and other services.
• This also includes Azure design for O365 exchange and provide data protection for cloud applications and back-end systems.
• Manage data protection security standards and ensure data integrity for user data and personally identifiable information (PII).
• Manage project to upgrade Data Protection infrastructure using Commvault to latest version and architecture modules. Teh project duration was 8 months on time and budget.
• This included updates for on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
• Team Lead to design and build Hyper Converged (Nutanix) private cloud and extend to public cloud (AWS/Azure)
• Provide technical expertise for Windows infrastructure, Active Directory, Sites & zones, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, Security, and MS Exchange.
• Provide SME (Subject Matter Expertise) on day-to-day support for Commvault data protection platform.
• Leverage Project Managers for infrastructure initiatives such as, storage, backup, AWS and AZURE.
• Manage Datacenter relocation and migration of datasets including hardware relocation and purchase new hardware.
• Manage reporting team, and remote technical resources to implement teh various tasks/projects.
• Manage CapEx/OpEx budget requirements for new initiatives and upgrades such as, Storage (IBM SVC/Hitachi G1000/XIO/EMC VNX & Symmetrix), Backups using Commvault. Also, manage resource augmentation and training.
• Manage ongoing vendor relationships to ensure company initiatives are being met. This included quarterly reviews.

Confidential, NY

Sr. IT Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Technical architect implementing datacenter solutions design and implement of storage using IBM VDI platform.
• Manage CapEx/OpEx budget requirements for infrastructure initiatives, resource management, and cloud initiatives allocation.
• Manage customer relationships regarding day-to-day support, new requests and new initiatives.
• This included monthly site visits for review services and technology requirements.
• Manage vendor relations to implement new infrastructure installations and upgrades, such as network upgrade using Cisco routers and switches.
• Manage project to upgrade from Xendesktop 7 to 7.5 and deploy XenApps. Teh project lasted about 4 months wif timeline pushed over.
• Manage MSP resource expertise to implement Cloud solutions and allocate support resources, including training.
• Provide leadership for Storage (IBM and EMC) and data protection infrastructure using Commvault, BackupExec and NetBackup and support.
• Provide SME level expertise for day-to-day support wif Active Directory, Sites & zones, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, Security, and MS Exchange platform.

Confidential, NYC, NY

Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design upgrade VMware 5.0 to 5.1 including vCenter upgrade and update all client VM machines.
• Team lead designing upgrade path from Citrix XenApp/Xendesktop V5.0/6.0 to version 6.5.
• Provide level 3/4 support for Citrix infrastructure using NetScaler 9.2/10 including load balance configuration and Web interface support.
• Provide SME technical expertise support for, Active Directory 2003/2008/2008 R2, Sites & zones, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, Security, MS Exchange 2007 and 2010.
• Meet wif internal customers and vendors on new technologies for both hardware and software refresh initiatives using ITIL and SDLC frameworks.

Confidential, Parsippany, nj

IT Infrastructure Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead managing all aspects of Data Center initiatives, including design and upgrades using EMC products, NetApp, HP Blades, and data protection using Avamar and Symantec products.
• Vendor management on new technologies for both hardware and software refresh. Communicate wif stakeholders using presentations and scheduled meetings.
• Manage infrastructure, team, collaborate wif Network and Helpdesk operations teams on ongoing initiatives. This included projects for storage, Active Directory, Exchange, and enterprise backups using Symantec and Avamar
• Implement EMC Clariion storage for resource usage, this included provisioning of storage LUNs for virtual environment and HP blades, using Brocade fabric.
• Design and implement security standards for accessing company resources using vendor best practices. This included firewall hardening, and user account policies.
• Design and implement Windows 2008R2 SQL Server clusters using EMC Clariion storage.
• Design and implement upgrade path for Citrix v4.0/V4.5 to XenApp V6.0, VMware version 4 to ESXi 5.0

Confidential, south plainfield, nj

Windows Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Staged offshore to manage technical projects and team providing SME (Subject Matter Expertise) in design and implement storage, Active Directory, Exchange and data protection solutions.
• Vendor management and ongoing meetings wif stakeholders using MS Project and PowerPoint to present recommended solutions.
• Implement scripts using VBScript to automate server builds and other automated repetitive tasks.
• Design and implement security systems using Pelco cameras (Fixed and PTZ) and Urbanshield application.
• Implement Windows 2008R2 Active Directory and support using forest, domain, OUs, and RODC domains.
• Implement EMC Clariion storage including LUN design and support using Dell M1000e, Brocade and Cisco 3130 switches.
• Design and implement Data Direct Network (DDN) storage including provisioning of storage LUNs using Brocade and Cisco switches.
• Design security standards for accessing company resources using Cisco, AD and Symantec best practices, firewall hardening, user account policy standards, storage resource access standards, and resource data access.
• Design and implement Windows 2008R2 SQL Server clusters to house security data infrastructure.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Windows 2003 Active Directory OU and ongoing support such as manage login script for user and machine management.
• Build scripts using VBScript to automate server builds and other automated repetitive tasks to deploy updates and patches using Altiris deployment tools.
• Manage Windows 2003 Terminal Server and approval process, including OS image builds and scripting.
• Collaborate wif Development teams internal and offshore, network team to test and deploy application upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Implement Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 server build including security hardening.
• Manage projects to relocate servers as part of company separation from parent company.
• Meet wif key business people to determine a proof of concept plan. Build a Statement of Work and operating procedures document to move applications and retire old servers.
• Work wif internal and external network team to design and implement new firewall rules for user access in various sites around teh world.

Confidential, fAIRLAWN, NJ

Systems Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Consult wif law firms to provide Subject Mater Expertise in Active Directory, Citrix and MS Exchange to upgrade or build new infrastructures using latest versions and best practices.
• Provide Windows 2003 Active Directory design, implementation and support, single/multiple forest, domain, OU structure, and machine and user management.
• Design and implement VMware solutions using HP Servers & EMC Clariion storage and Brocade fabric switches.
• This included provisioning LUNs, build Hosts and VM Guests templates using ESX server 3.5.
• Design and Implement MS Exchange 2003 solutions using best practices, including migrations from version 5.5 to version 2003 and provide support.
• Design network and system security solutions using Cisco and Checkpoint firewalls, Active Directory policies, vbscripts and user logon standards.
• Design and implement SQL 2000 server solutions for business applications.